An Ewiva HPC refill in the Canavese area (photo from the company’s media site).
SOS expensive charging: how convenient is Elli, the Volkswagen app, now available (as for Tesla) also to those who are not customers of the German group. Vaielectric he replies. We remind you that your emails should be sent to [email protected]
SOS expensive charging: “Spend 14.99 per month plus 0.50/kWh on the high-power Ewiva and Ionity”
“TO regarding charging rates, I discovered that lto Volkswagen’s Elli app and now open to any user also not from the VW-Audi group (ho a Renault). And that, for 14.99 euros per monthallows you to recharge on the network Ewiva and Ionity (selected partners) a 50 cents / kWh . Excellent rate. I ask you to publicize this for users who do not have the possibility to recharge at home. Ps. If any of you use it, please confirm that Ionity is also 50 cents with it rate Drive Highway? I don’t have Ionity nearby to have direct experience, but I confirm for the Ewiva“. Giorgio Lazzarini
Enel and Volkswagen are partners, but with different tariffs
Answer. Strange things happen in these times of expensive charging (but these prices there are only in Italy). Let’s take the reader’s report: Ewiva is a company created by Enel and Volkswagen, with 50% each. You would expect that those who are customers of the two companies will pay similar amounts at these charging stations. But no, because with the Enel X app to these powers you pay 0.99/kWh. Whereas with the Volkswagen appElli, according to Giorgio’s report, you pay a fixed amount of 14.99 per month more 0.50/kWh. Doing the math by hand, let’s say that for the first 100 kWh taken (roughly equal to 5-600km) you pay 0.65 per kWhwhile the subsequent ones cost you 0.50. There’s a big difference, especially for those who drive 3-4 thousand km/month (and with cars that charge at these powers there are quite a few). There are valid reasons behind these differences tariff policies? Surely. But explanations are needed that give transparency to the formation of tariffs. Especially from a large public company like Enel.
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